Heart Healing

We’ve all felt the sting of rejection in some form during the course of our lives. Painful experiences such as betrayal. I think I’ve been through every form of healing afterward, including partial healing. When the healing process has been cut off in some way by an interference of some sort, life may steer us back to these orphaned healings to complete the healing to attain closure. Life may bring us around from a different angle so we can see the lesson clearly. Sometimes, in order to heal from the inside out, we just don’t see what we need to see unless we look at it from a completely different viewpoint.

Healing emotional pain from betrayal and rejection can be the most difficult kind of emotional healing there is, since our hearts are usually what we protect most. We depend on that protection to keep us safe from further damage that, depending on the status of the unhealed wounds we still carry, dictates how efficiently we can operate and how effective we can be in the world. If for some reason we cannot heal it, then we can draw from it, as long as we don’t let pain and bitterness overtake us. It is never too late to heal heart-pain and God, our Angels and the Universe are always conspiring to bring us to a point where healing can occur.

In his book You Are The Beloved, Henri Nouwen writes: “Don’t be afraid to love and to love deeply. You might be afraid of the pain that deep love can cause. When those you love deeply reject you, leave you, or die, your heart will be broken. But that should not hold you back from loving deeply. The pain that comes from deep love makes your love even more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root and grow into a strong plant. Every time you experience the pain of rejection absence, or death, you are faced with a choice. You can become bitter and decide not to love again, or you can stand straight in your pain and let the soil on which you stand become richer and more able to give life to new seeds.”

The possibilities ahead are worth healing our heart pain. The HeartMath Institute talks about attaining heart coherence. Heart coherence on is a harmonious state where our hearts, minds and bodies are united in cooperation and flow. We benefit on a personal level by having an open, healed heart, and in groups. Group coherence describes harmonious relationships within families, teams, groups or organizations. Groups with heart coherence demonstrate a flow of information in a caring manner that boosts collaboration and unity. Groups that operate in heart coherence are aligned in heart, mind, emotional and physical systems. This results in less mental and emotional pressure, better choices and improved resilience. As individuals practice heart coherence, it can uplift inter-personal dealings affecting inter-workings on a global scale.